Spyker Cars is a Dutch automotive manufacturer that was founded in 1999, and specializes in the creation of high performance sports cars. Spyker Cars is named in tribute to Spyker (Spijker in Dutch), which was a Dutch company that built carriages, airplanes, and automobiles at the turn of the Twentieth Century. As well as the name, Spyker Cars also features the same aeronautical-inspired logo as the original Spyker. Over the course of it's lifetime, the company has offered two principal models, the C8 and the C12, both of which feature unique variants. While the company has encountered various financial difficulties during its lifetime, it has still been able to create some well-engineered and highly sought-after cars.